Canada, CEF. A Memorial Cross to Pte. Thorns, KIA June 1917 Newly Listed including a Merit Medal in

including a Merit Medal in Gold

A 1933 Thüringen Erfurt Gautreffen (Meeting) badge

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when the Company marched out 6 August 1914 from Austro-Hungarian Empire in the direction of Miechow

and is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery in Boulogne

Canada, CEF. A Memorial Cross to Pte. Thorns, KIA June 1917 Newly Listed including a Merit Medal inIn silver, a memorial cross, reverse engraved 669429. PTE. P. THORNS., full size, reverse arm marked STERLING, light wear, very fine. Footnote: Percy Thorns was born in Toronto Canada in March 1889. He had experience with the Queens Own Rifles when he enlisted on January 15, 1916, with the 166th battalion. He left Halifax in October 1916, arriving in England on the 28th of the month. He was transferred to the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles on November